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Mary
Boyd / Alexander Clark
Ontario
and New England
Mary Boyd/Alexander
Clark
My brickwall for 23 years.
Does anyone have ANY data on my Great-grand- parents: Mary Boyd
& Alexander Clark. Assume b. ca.
1845-50, Scotland or Canada or NY, New England. m. ca. 1870's same
areas. No immigration or other docs. One fact is:
They had at least one son, my
grandfather William Alexander Clark, b: 18 Feb 1877, Merritton, (St.
Catharines area), Lincoln Co. Ontario, Canada. No birth certificate found.
He emigrated to Buffalo, NY, from Ontario, via the NY Central
Railway, on 1 April 1879; with whom is unknown. No data for 30 years...then I found
him working in MA. 1907.
He married Mary
Doyle from Worcester, MA and m. in Buffalo, NY on 8 May
1907. Witnesses at wedding: John
Clark and Lillian Biden. relationships unknown. Wm. Alexander
Clark and Mary Doyle resided in
Worcester, MA. when MY Father William
Albert Clark, b: 23 June 1908, Worcester, MA.
They moved around MA awhile and
removed to Waterbury, New Haven County, CT. by 1920 CT. Census.
Later moved to Devon, Milford, still New Haven County, CT. Mary
Doyle Clark ,died: January 1931, Devon, Milford, CT. My Grandfather married secondly:
Grace Dorothy Edwards Ober, widow with 2
sons. They married: ca: Nov 1931,
probably CT. or NY. No marriage certificate
found.
My Father: William
Albert Clark, m. 3 Sept 1934: Helen Louise
Duhaime,
Milford, New Haven Co., CT. and had
3 children. I am the first: Barbara L.
Clark, ; Wm.
Neil Clark; & Daniel Alan Clark.
Any possible information or
leads or connections on these above people will be greatly appreciated.
I need something! Thank you in advance.
Barb Clark
Barbara Clark October
thru April: b01clark "at" earthlink.net
200 St. Andrews
Blvd, #3704, Winter Park, FL 32792.
December to April: bernied
"at" ns.sympatico.ca
Barbara L. Clark, P.O. Box 114, Deep
Brook, Nova Scotia, Canada B0S 1J0.
New Query
Seeking Ancestors, Parents, Siblings, Descendants, Vital Records, immigration and any data on the following
Families. William Guthrie, b:ca:1800, Scotland & wife: Mary Neil (or)(McMacNeil), m:ca:1820s Scot.Dau:Mary
Guthrie, b:27 Oct 1829, Middle Church, Paisley, Renfrew, Scot.[Source: FHC.Film:6901703]. Mary Guthrie,b:27
Oct 1829, M: John Boyd, b:ca:1815-25, ?Paisley, Renfrew, Scot.M:10 Aug 1850, Abbey, Paisley, Renfrew,
Scot.[Source:FHC Film:6901525]. [Parish Reg.Abbey, Paisley: 1676-1855].
John Boyd's parents unknown, Archibald Boyd & Margaret Fairbairn may be a relative, both
born:ca:1790-1800, Scotland. M:ca:1818. Scot.Probably Children: John, b:ca 1820; Catherine, b:ca: 4 July
1823, & Jane, b:ca: 11 Feb 1832. Others? The Children of John Boyd & Mary Guthrie:B:Scot. 1:*Mary Boyd,
b:28 Oct 1850[Source:Patron Sheet?]; M:?Alexander Clark, b:ca 1844, Scotland [*My Great-Grandparents].
(*Mary on 1871 Grantham, Lincoln Co. Ontario,Can. Census.w/her Parents & with Alexander Clark on 1880
Census in Attleboro, Bristol Co., MA [Need Marriage Record] & 3 children: little Mary Clark, age 7,[b:10 Oct
1872, Grantham, Lincoln Co.Ont. Can. Per Birth Register. ...Wm, age 4.(?my Grandfather)[b:ca:Feb 1877,
Merritton, Lincoln Co.Ont. Can. [Need birth record] & John, age 1."other in hshld.")[Need birth record..[John
Boyd & Mary Guthrie appeared on 1880 Census in Providence, Lincoln Co., RI.] {The boundaries of these two
States are adjacent to each other]. 2: Second child of John Boyd & Mary Guthrie: William b:16 Aug 1853; 3:
Archibald, b:22 Oct 1855; 4: Male:28 July 1858; 5: John, b:19 apr 1860; 6: James, b:18 Dec 1862; 7: Margaret
Fairbairn II, b:30 July 1865; 8: Alexander, b:2 Jan 1868; 9: James Boyd, b:Aug 1870 in Lincoln Co. Ontario,
Canada.[John Boyd & Mary Guthrie immigrated to Ontario, Canada between: Jan 1868 & Aug 1870. per birth
of last two children.] Need verification on the possibility that * Mary Boyd and Alexander Clark's daughter: Mary
Clark, b:10 Oct 1872, MAY have been called "Lizzie" and MAY have married Evearett (Everett)
LaBont?, perhaps in MA. "Lizzie" naturalized in 1915 and Everett naturalized in 1882. The 1920 Boston, Suffolk Co. MA
Fed Census had the "LaBont?'s listed & in their household: Alexander Clark, age 76, widower, retired, alien,
listed as Father to "Lizzie"...
Barbara L. Clark, 200 St. Andrews Blvd, #3704, Winter Park, FL 32792
Email:
lorieclark@earthlink.net
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